People

Ghassan Salhab is a filmmaker and screenwriter.

Interested in how technology affects perception, filmmaker and artist Roy Samaha explores the non-linear relationships between images, memory and history.

Scandar Copti is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and visual artist.

Marcel Schwierin studied photography, filmmaking, film history, politics and aesthetics.

Keith Shiri is founder and director of Africa at the Pictures, the London African Film Festival and the Africa Media Centre University of Westminster, London.

Hind Shoufani is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, poet and storyteller.

Christopher Ian Smith is a filmmaker and audiovisual artist with a background in television and music.

Kazuhiro Soda practices an observational method of documentary filmmaking, refraining from doing pre-shoot research or writing a synopsis before filming.

Stanley Nelson is an award-winning documentarian whose life’s work has been dedicated to depicting the histories and lived realities of African-Americans. His films combine compelling narratives with rich historical detail to shine new light on the under-explored American past.

Rania Stephan is an artist and filmmaker whose short films, videos and documentaries offer a personal perspective on political events.

Tilda Swinton trained at Cambridge University and began her screen acting career working with the late Derek Jarman